After the brigade commander Akira Hagiwara received a call from the chief of staff of the river from the train station, he immediately realized the seriousness of the situation in the city.

It is clear that this anti-Japanese group has orchestrated an operation this night, for which they have premeditated the capture or killing of two junior officers of the Otsuka Wing, changed into their military uniforms and infiltrated the area of the railway station.

Most fatally, the station has only found the two infiltrators (one of whom has escaped) so far, but it is completely unknown what the two men have done up to that point. The brigade commander, Major General, would never believe that they were disguised as Imperial Army officers just to get around the train station.

A manhunt for the shantytown north of the station square has been launched, and the anti-Japanese element who escaped is the shantytown into which he escaped, and the firepower that covered his escape also came from the shantytown. Hagiwara hopes that he will be able to make a difference in that area.

The details of the MP18* and the military* also attracted considerable attention from the Japanese major generals. Almost immediately, he agreed with the head of the Kojima secret service that the anti-Japanese elements might have a background in the Shina Army and were somehow connected to the Sino Army, which launched a massive attack on the Nam Dongpu railway line tonight.

Is it echoing from afar? Or fishing in troubled waters? It's not the idea that the Zhina army wants to attack Wencheng, right? Forgive them for not having such an appetite!

Hagiwara walked back to the sand table and examined the battle that was taking place in the wasteland west of Mt. Kanmon at the moment, and if nothing else, there would soon be a battle report there, and the main force of the Imperial Army, which had been surrounded from all sides, would gather and annihilate the remnants of the Shina Army in one fell swoop under the command of Wing Commander Kosuke Otsuka.

At this moment, what made him feel entangled was whether to immediately send troops from outside the city into the city and launch a search? Since two infantry squadrons have been sent tonight to rush to the south of the Tongpu railway line, the mobile troops stationed outside the city of Bunjo: the Nara Brigade of the Otsuka Wing have only half of their troops left, and they are responsible for guarding the perimeter of the comfort women camp in Little Elm Mountain—should you take this risk?

The appearance of small anti-Japanese forces in the vicinity of the Wencheng railway station, regardless of their objectives, should undoubtedly be ascertained as soon as possible, and it is best to take this opportunity to wipe them out. However, if this is to be achieved, it is obviously difficult to rely on the existing imperial army in the city alone.

The brigade commander, Major General, was hesitant, weighed it repeatedly, and hesitated. It wasn't until the small building of the brigade headquarters faintly heard an explosion that his chief of staff called the phone: there was an explosion at the brigade and regimental station in the south freight yard of the railway station! Hagiwara was stunned for a moment.

The explosion point was located in the oil depot in the military station, and the people at the scene initially judged that it was artificially set up* to blow up the back wall of the oil depot, which then caused half of the oil depot to collapse. Fortunately, the roof beams and walls of the warehouse collapsed quickly and the gasoline drums were buried, thus fortunately avoiding the explosion of the entire oil depot.

Hagiwara Akira, who was holding the telephone receiver, couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine - the emperor blessed! If the entire gasoline depot is detonated, I am afraid that the entire military station will be blown up into the sky.

The evil people of China, whether they are members of the Blue Coat Society or the remnants of the China Army, this hand is too vicious!

When the chief of staff of the river called again, he could confirm that the enemy was using *, and the chief of the Kojima Agency, who had also rushed to the scene to investigate, was sure that two anti-Japanese elements dressed in Imperial Army officer clothes had infiltrated the South Freight Yard, and after placing *, they were discovered by plainclothes members of the secret service in the process of slipping away, thus triggering a shootout in the square in front of the station. After the shootout began, anti-Japanese elements appeared from the north and east sides of the square in front of the station, and the people who were placed in the front of the station escaped. It was clear that this was a well-planned attack, and the anti-Japanese elements came in a well-organized and prepared manner.

The brigade commander, Major General, who was furious, finally made up his mind and ordered a squadron of the Nara Infantry Brigade outside the city to be immediately transferred into the city to search for and arrest the arrogant anti-Japanese elements. The plainclothes team and the Shina detective team of the secret service are also fully engaged in this task.

"And cavalry squadrons!" Hagiwara Akira in the brigade headquarters shouted loudly: "Order Kawasaki Shaosa, his cavalry squadron vacation is temporarily canceled, and immediately enter the search and arrest operation!" ”

The Kawasaki Shaosa mentioned by Hagiwara Akira is a squadron leader of the cavalry wing of the Sena Division. The two squadrons under the command of the cavalry wing: the Iwata squadron was originally stationed in Wencheng, and the Kawasaki squadron attacked the Jinnan front with the main force of the division. Not long ago, the division headquarters ordered two cavalry squadrons to be relocated, with Iwata's squadron heading for Yuncheng in Jinnan, and Kawasaki's squadron returning to Wencheng from the front and currently on leave.

The use of cavalry squadrons means that all the garrisons in Wencheng City have been mobilized, except for those who need to be guarded. The brigade commander, Major General, was still unsatisfied, and once again ordered the head of the secret service, Masao Kojima, to immediately come to the brigade headquarters for discussion. He knew very well that the search for anti-Japanese elements in the city was the secret service chief's forte, and he needed the other party to come up with a targeted search plan, rather than a headless fly - after the last attack on the city hall, he also sent troops from outside the city into the city, but in the end nothing was found. Such a drain on the military and the image of the occupying forces must not be allowed to be repeated.

When the explosion broke out in the south freight yard of the railway station, only the soldiers of the military command action group were stranded in the shantytown on the north side of the square in front of the station. Because the two soldiers had infiltrated the North Freight Yard to work as porters, their usual place of residence was in this shantytown. Ten minutes ago, two soldiers of the special service company had just broken up with their company commander.

The commander of the spy company, Zhao Mutou, also escaped death tonight, and the body of his subordinate Xiao Zhong was still lying in the square in front of the station, but he was fortunate to get the unexpected cover of a small group of Eighth Route Army, and finally escaped. Of course, the four spies who arrived later joined the battle group from the north and east sides, especially the duo who operated Bergman*, and opened fire unexpectedly and fiercely, effectively disturbing the Japanese flank in the square, and winning a precious opportunity for Zhao Mutou's side to break away.

The commander of the spy company then understood that the duo led by Major Wang, the military commander, should have never been far from the station, although Major Wang himself certainly did not know what was wrong with the action of placing *, but she had been waiting nearby, which was the scene where Bergman* reached out in time.

"Retreat!" At that time, seeing that the Japanese soldiers on the east side of the square were instantly swept down by the rain of bullets, Zhao Mutou decisively gave the two subordinates around him an order to retreat - the Eighth Route Army withdrew one step ahead, which should be the last good opportunity to get out of danger.

"You two go back to the house and go to sleep at once, hide your guns and daggers, and the Japanese may search this shantytown severely." Zhao Mutou commanded eagerly.

"Company commander, does the wound on your face matter?" Looking at the blood flowing on half of Zhao Mutou's face, the two subordinates asked worriedly.

"Don't get in the way, a bullet brushes the skin of the face, go back and get some medicine. Withdraw now! ”

At night, the three of them parted ways, and the two soldiers of the special service company ran back to the rented house in the shantytown, while the commander of the special service company ran along the edge of the shantytown, and crossed the street in front of the station at the right time, and infiltrated the city. He wanted to try to run back to No. 1 Courtyard of Yangliu Lane before the Japanese army imposed martial law in the whole city. While running wildly, he also prayed that the duo led by Major Wang would also be able to get out smoothly.

The two soldiers of the special service company, who had returned to their rented house in the depths of the shantytown, carefully hid the Mauser* and the dagger, and then excitedly and apprehensively awaited the explosion*.

However, the power of the blast disappointed both of them: the expected blow up of the South Yard did not materialize. Immediately afterward, Japanese soldiers and plainclothes agents began to search the shantytowns door to door. Fortunately, both of them have the labor uniforms issued by the north freight yard of the railway station, and the "good citizen certificate" issued by the freight yard has just arrived not long ago.

After sending off the Japanese soldiers and plainclothes spies who came to search the house, the two began to speculate wildly on the kang as to why the results were not good. At this moment, one of the soldiers of the special service company suddenly remembered something: just now at the edge of the square in front of the station in the shantytown, they hurriedly took a photo with the small group of people who claimed to be the Eighth Route Army, and he felt in a trance that one of the people in the Eighth Route Army seemed to be a little familiar, and now he finally remembered: This person seems to be also working in the north freight yard of the railway station, and he has seen this person in the freight yard before!

The soldiers of the other special service company were not impressed, as they had not noticed this. But listening to his companion's affirmation, he gradually felt that this should not be a coincidence—perhaps, the Eighth Route Army was also lurking in the city, and the person in the North Freight Yard was their internal response. Otherwise, why did two teams of people meet unexpectedly on the edge of the shantytown?

"Let's pay attention in the freight yard for the past two days to see if we can meet the guy you said again, if it's really him, we have to report to the company commander and Major Wang."

"That's right, I can't imagine that the Eighth Road also has a lurking organization in the city; Company Commander Zhao only said one thing to me in a hurry just now: They are from the second battalion of the Xu Brigade. ”

When the soldier of another special service company heard this, he couldn't help but stick out his tongue and smack his lips: The second battalion of the Xu Brigade, isn't our 391st Regiment joining forces with them to attack Lingshi County and the railway line tonight? Unexpectedly, a small group of people on each side met in Wencheng City again! That beautiful female major of the military commander seems to have always been unfamiliar with the joint battle between the Central Army and the Eighth Route Army, what would she think if she heard that the two families also joined forces in Wencheng City tonight?